Hey Rob, your question raises so many issues! I have no good answer I'm afraid but perhaps some of these writers would be willing to grant comps to students? I know I would, if a teacher asked me to and gave a list of emails of their students.
I think that is a good approach...don't know how many students I'll get as I teach on Friday afternoon, but I think approaching authors with the fact that I'd like to assign their work is a good idea. Easier to do when I know how many students I'll have.
BTW, I like your approach of making the content on your site free while writing books that provide access as you write. It is an intriguing model for building an audience and providing paid content at the same time.
Thanks! It's a whole new world for me but ar the moment I'm very happy with the results. It lets me maintain my ideal of free knowledge dissemination and still make it at least affordable.
it's a fun challenge to figure out...it's one of the reasons why I make all mine available because open-access and OER are core parts of my practice. But I know that's not reproducible with everyone.
I like Alejandro's idea of asking for comps.
I'm also of the mind of providing a list with whether they're paid, open, etc. Asking students to decide/claim 2-3 (only allowing for 1 overlap of same author, say), and then using that to spark discussion that's reflective of all the spaces you have them reading.
Of course, if there's a really great post from a paywalled substack that you subscribe to...forwarding it is always an option.
I think you and Alejandro are good models for being clear and thoughtful how you present your writing. I adopted your practice of explicitly posting my work under a creative commons license. I really like Alejandro's practice with his books. I appreciate engaging around these questions in relation to my teaching practice.
I'm glad I discovered AI Log too, thanks to Nick.
Hey Rob, your question raises so many issues! I have no good answer I'm afraid but perhaps some of these writers would be willing to grant comps to students? I know I would, if a teacher asked me to and gave a list of emails of their students.
I think that is a good approach...don't know how many students I'll get as I teach on Friday afternoon, but I think approaching authors with the fact that I'd like to assign their work is a good idea. Easier to do when I know how many students I'll have.
BTW, I like your approach of making the content on your site free while writing books that provide access as you write. It is an intriguing model for building an audience and providing paid content at the same time.
Thanks! It's a whole new world for me but ar the moment I'm very happy with the results. It lets me maintain my ideal of free knowledge dissemination and still make it at least affordable.
it's a fun challenge to figure out...it's one of the reasons why I make all mine available because open-access and OER are core parts of my practice. But I know that's not reproducible with everyone.
I like Alejandro's idea of asking for comps.
I'm also of the mind of providing a list with whether they're paid, open, etc. Asking students to decide/claim 2-3 (only allowing for 1 overlap of same author, say), and then using that to spark discussion that's reflective of all the spaces you have them reading.
Of course, if there's a really great post from a paywalled substack that you subscribe to...forwarding it is always an option.
I think you and Alejandro are good models for being clear and thoughtful how you present your writing. I adopted your practice of explicitly posting my work under a creative commons license. I really like Alejandro's practice with his books. I appreciate engaging around these questions in relation to my teaching practice.
I'm stealing the CC licensing idea!
that's the beautiful of CC licensing--you don't have to steal anything :)
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